1. Overview of Modern Therapy
Chapter 17: Therapy
Overview of Modern Therapy

2. Introduction and Overview
Definition of psychological treatment
Brief history of treatment
Modern Therapy
Models
Types

3. Brief history of treatment
Prior to 1700’s
Cause of mental illness was possession by evil spirits or imbalance of body chemicals
Treatment included trephining, bleeding, or torture.

4. History of Treatment

5. Pre-scientific treatment

6. History of Treatment

7. Pre-scientific treatment

8. Brief history of treatment
Prior to 1700’s
Cause of mental illness was possession by evil spirits or imbalance of body chemicals
Treatment included trephining, bleeding, or torture.
1700 – 1900
People with psychological disorders are "madmen" who should be caged in order to protect society.
Anyone undesirable - criminals, lepers, old people, and the mentally ill - was confined in asylums.
Dungeons with horrible conditions.

9. Reform Movement

10. Reform Movement Philippe Pinel & Dorothea Dix
Called for improved treatment of the insane
Worked to improve conditions In mental hospitals

12. Trenton Mental Hospital
Trenton, NJ

13. Modern Therapy The Medical Model
“Madness” is a mental illness that can be diagnosed, treated, and cured
Has links to modern insights into genetic causes of disorders and modern biomedical treatments

14. Modern Therapy The Bio-Psycho-Social Model
Behavior is the result of interaction between nature and nurture
To attribute a disorder to “illness” is to say that the cause is purely internal

15. Modern Therapy Two approaches: Psychotherapy
A trained therapist uses psychological techniques to assist someone seeking to overcome difficulties or achieve personal growth
Biomedical Therapy
A prescribed medication or medical procedure that acts directly on the patient’s nervous system

16. } Modern Therapy Psychotherapies:
Over 250 types of psychotherapies exist
The most influential:
Psychoanalysis
Humanistic Therapy
Cognitive Therapy
Behavior Therapy }
Insight Therapy

17. Modern Therapy Biomedical Treatments: Drug Therapy
Electro-convulsive shock therapy
Psychosurgery

18. Modern Therapy